Las Vegas twins, Marcos and Malcolm Allen, have a lot to celebrate. The pair are not only top basketball recruits with NBA hoop dreams, but they’ve also got the brains to get them into one of the top universities in the world: Stanford

“It’s been a very long road, academically and athletically,” Marcos told KTNV. But the pair says it’s been worth it.

They credit their parents, Dr. Carl Allen and Dr. Tina Wiggins, for setting great examples and starting them on the path early. Dr. Wiggins, a pediatrician, enrolled her sons in SAT prep classes when they were in middle school.

Dr. Wiggins told KTNV: “You have to have a plan. You can’t just go day to day and think this is going to miraculously happen.”

Wow this inspired to search the web last night for an SAT prep course for my daughter who’s 12. I found one! Didn’t know they existed! This is awesome. Love it when people share things that one wouldn’t have known about.